News, The Prime Minister's official spokesman has said that he was not aware of any changes in the Government's position on reducing upper time limits for abortion, noting that it is a matter of MP's individual conscience. [Prime Minister's Morning Press Briefing 25 October.] SPUC issued a press r...

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The Prime Minister's official spokesman has said that he was not aware of any changes in the government's position on reducing upper time limits for abortion, noting that it is a matter of MPs' individual conscience. [Prime Minister's Morning Press Briefing 25 October.] SPUC issued a press release w...

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weekly update, 18 to 24 October weekly update, 18 to 24 October An Australian bishop has told his country's parliament that Catholic hospitals will not use therapies developed from embryonic stem cells. Most Rev Anthony Fisher OP, auxiliary in Sydney, said that the church could not co-operate wi...

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The UK's Royal College of Obstetricians and Gynaecologists is expected to suggest that babies born before 22 weeks should not get birth-certificates, even if they draw breath. The college will reportedly use "pre-viable" to describe such children. It is suggested that the college believes that regis...

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News, SPUC is calling on its supporters to lobby members of the European Parliament to stop funding for coercive population control. Three amendments to the European Union budget should stop EU funds going to organisations, governments or programmes that are implicated in so-called 'family plannin...

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News, Dr Berry Kiely of the Irish Pro-Life Campaign has criticised a study that claims 64 per cent of people aged 18 to 64 say that abortion is acceptable in at least some circumstances. The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Health Depart...

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Dr Berry Kiely of the Irish Pro-Life Campaign has criticised a study that claims 64 per cent of people aged 18 to 64 say that abortion is acceptable in at least some circumstances. The Irish Study of Sexual Health and Relationships, funded by the Crisis Pregnancy Agency and the Health Department fou...

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The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) - the world's first pro-life lobbying and educational organisation, founded in 1967 - has issued a warning about a bill proposed by Nadine Dorries MP which claims to seek to reduce the upper time limit for abortions.Anthony Ozimic, SPUC politi...

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News, Leading pro-life group issues warning about Nadine Dorries's bill to reform abortion law Westminster, 19th October 2006 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) - the world's first pro-life lobbying and educational organistion, founded in 1967 - has issued a warning about a...

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Leading pro life group issues warning about Nadine Dorries's bill to reform abortion law Leading pro-life group issues warning about Nadine Dorries's bill to reform abortion law Westminster, 19th October 2006 - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) - the world's first pro-life...

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News, A woman in her 50s, acting as surrogate for her daughter, gave birth in spring 2005 to her grandchild, it was announced at a news conference in Tokyo. IVF was performed using an egg from her daughter, whose uterus had been removed due to cancer, and sperm from her son-in-law. Making the anno...

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A study carried out at Brunel University, UK, suggests that British doctors are less likely to take decisions that significantly shorten patients' lives than their colleagues in other countries. They are also more likely to discuss end-of -life issues with patients and their families. [BBC 14 Octobe]...

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weekly update, 11 to 17 October weekly update, 11 to 17 October SPUC has called for a proposed UN prohibition of violence against children to include a global ban on abortion. Commenting on the publication of a UN study on violence against children , John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said:...

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The United States Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a former plaintiff to overturn a landmark abortion ruling of 1973. Ms Sandra Cano was the unidentified plaintiff in the Doe v Bolton case which, along with the better-known Roe v Wade, established a legal right to abortion in America. "What ...

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News, The United States Supreme Court has rejected an attempt by a former plaintiff to overturn a landmark abortion ruling of 1973. Ms Sandra Cano was the unidentified plaintiff in the Doe v. Bolton case which, along with the better-known Roe v. Wade, established a legal right to abortion in Ameri...

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News, SPUC has called for a proposed UN prohibition of violence against children to include a global ban on abortion. Commenting on today's planned publication of a UN study on violence against children, John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "We are deeply saddened by the report's findings...

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SPUC has called for a proposed UN prohibition of violence against children to include a global ban on abortion. Commenting on today's planned publication of a UN study on violence against children, John Smeaton, SPUC's national director, said: "We are deeply saddened by the report's findings. Abuse ...

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SPUC urges UN to implement global abortion ban London, - The Society for the Protection of Unborn Children (SPUC) has commented on today's planned publication of a UN study on violence against children. SPUC calls for a proposed UN prohibition of violence against children to include a global ban on...

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A doctor convicted of performing a botched illegal abortion has been deregistered by the New South Wales Medical Tribunal. Suman Sood is awaiting sentence after the woman whom she administered drugs to gave birth in a toilet at 23 weeks in May 2002. The hearing, held on Friday, heard evidence of 11 ...

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weekly update, 4 to 10 October weekly update, 4 to 10 October A senior cardinal has said that family life is under attack by "direct denial, if not mockery, ridicule, and scorn." Cardinal Jorge Mejia, former archivist and librarian of the Catholic Church, identified same sex unions, sex change o...

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